Effects of New Deal Spending and the downturns of the 1930s on private labor markets in 1939/1940
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Liu, X., & Fishback, P. (2019). Effects of New Deal Spending and the downturns of the 1930s on private labor markets in 1939/1940. Explorations in Economic History, 71, 25-54.Journal
EXPLORATIONS IN ECONOMIC HISTORYRights
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This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.Abstract
Gross Domestic Product recovered much more quickly than labor markets did during the 1930s. We provide new analysis of this issue by estimating a cross-sectional model for individuals in 1939-1940 as a function of the measures of the Great Contraction of 1929-1933, the recovery, and the Second Dip Recession and average information for three types of New Deal spending. The results show that the Great Contraction of 1929-1933 and the Second-Dip Recession still had powerful negative effects on county labor markets in 1939/1940 and these were only partially offset by public works grants. Relief grants had somewhat negative effects although this might have arisen because of a large layoff of workers by the WPA in 1939. The AAA payments to farmers to take land out of production were associated with lower earnings and private employment, but had mixed effects on skill mobility.Note
24 month embargo; available online 23 November 2018.ISSN
00144983Version
Final accepted manuscriptSponsors
National Science Foundation [SES-135744, SES-1061927, SES-0921732, SES 0617972, SES 0214483, SES-0080324, SBR-9708098]; Thomas R. Brown Foundation; University of Arizona; Koch FoundationAdditional Links
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0014498317301444ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.eeh.2018.11.003